unbeatable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ beat +‎ -able. Beatable is a back-formation.

Adjective

unbeatable (not comparable)

That cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
  Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many a woman had envied, they showed the man for what he was—a sportsman and a gentleman. And the combination of the two is an unbeatable production.
Synonym: invincible

Translations

that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome

Belarusian: непераможны (njepjeramóžny)
Bulgarian: непобедим (bg) (nepobedim)
Catalan: imbatible
French: imbattable (fr)
German: unschlagbar (de)
Irish: dobhuailte, dochloíte, dosháraithe
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uslåelig

Nynorsk: uslåeleg
Polish: bezkonkurencyjny
Portuguese: imbatível
Russian: непобедимый (ru) (nepobedimyj)
Spanish: imbatible, invencible (es)

Noun

unbeatable (plural unbeatables)

Someone or something that can't be beaten

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